Indecent Assault. a Bad Character. Five Years' Penal Servitude
Antonio Geraph, age 35, a Chilian cook, was arraigned on a charge of having, at the Glebe on May 18th, attempted to be unlawfully intimate…
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Courts & crime, 1893
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Waratah Police Court. Wednesday, June 7. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.M., and Mr. J. Thorn, J.p.) Illegal Slaughtering
EDWARD BLACKWELL pleaded guilty to slaughtering without a license at Waratah, on the information of the inspector of slaughterhouses, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Conspiracy to Defraud Shopkeepers. Prisoners Sentenced. Sydney
AT the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Docker, Patrick Carey, James More Stewart, George Gresham, George Parker, and Frederick Ogle, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Thursday, June 8. (Before Messrs. Martin and Shaw, Js.P.) Drunkenness
A SEAMAN named John Griffith was fined 5s, with the option of 24 hours' lockup, for drunkenness. Alleged Disobedience…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Case Against the Railway Commissioners. Settled Out of Court. SYDNEY
THE case of Beer v. the Railway Commissioners was resumed in No. 2 Jury Court this afternoon, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury a four. Mr. Bruce Smith and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bankruptcy Court. Thursday, June 8. (Before Mr. Mair, District Registrar in Bankruptcy.) Re Alexander Shedden and Sons
THE following creditors proved in the estate:—Hudson Bros., £36 17s 11d; Knaggs and Co., £6 5s 3d; Richard Ward, £10 0s 6d; Newcastle Gas and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Metropolitan Quarter Sessions. Prisoners Sentenced. SYDNEY
At the Metropolitan Quarter Sessions Judge Docker sentenced the following prisoners who had been found guilty of different offences:— Henry Jones, breaking and entering and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Court. Language
Charles Wrigley pleaded not guilty to the summons charging him with having made use of obscene language on the Market Wharf on the 5th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 9. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Mr. Thorn, J.P.) Drunkenness
JOHN BROWN, age 36, a seaman, pleaded not guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly in Auckland-street on the previous evening…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Bourke-street Murder
On Saturday, after a trial extending four days, G. M. W. ARCHER Was found guilty of having murdered EMMA HARRISON, a resident of Bourke-street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Police Court Saturday, June 10. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
JOHN CARLTON, seaman; Robert Ray, miner; and Emma Saxon were each fined in the usual amounts for being drunk on the previous day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. the Police Courts
THERE was virtually nothing done in the police courts yesterday beyond the usual few drunks and disorderlies. At Newtown there was not a single case…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle District Court. Second Day. Saturday, 10Th June. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Postponed Case
IMMEDIATELY on the opening of the Court his Honor gave his decision in the case of Carroll v. Walters, the evidence of which was heard on the previous day. A verdict was given…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Police Court Monday, June 12. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Drunkenness
A TINSMITH named John Walden, a miner named William Hughes, and a tailor named William Blake were fined in sums ranging from 5s to 10s,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wallsend Police Court. Monday, June 12. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Drunkenness
JAMES COLLINS, charged with being drunk in Macquarie-street on the 9th instant, was admonished and discharged. For indecent behaviour,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Confession of Child Murder. a Verdict of Not Guilty. SYDNEY
AT the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Foster and a jury, Mr. F. E. Rogers, Q C., prosecuting for the Crown, Susan Moore, an attractive-looking young…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court. Tuesday, June 13. (Before Mr. Mair, P.m.) Summons Cases. Indecent Language
JOHN ROBERTSON was fined £3 with 4s 4d Court costs and 10s witnesses' expenses for having used indecent language in Watt-street…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Quirindi Murder. Execution of Edward Smedley. SYDNEY
EDWARD SMEDLEY, the perpetrator of what is known as the Quirindi murder, was executed at Darlinghurst Gaol this morning. The tragedy of which this was the closing scene…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Police Court Wednesday, June 14. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M.) Alleged Wife Desertion
THOMAS HOWELL, age 28, miner, was charged with having deserted Lena Howell, his wife. Mr. Gorrick appeared for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Summons Court. Breaches of the Bylaws
For allowing their horses to stray in the municipality of Carrington, the following fines were inflicted, the parties pleading guilty:—William…
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